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Local polls may have big impact
News, Editorial, Published on 20/12/2020
» Today's elections for Provincial Administration Organisations in the 76 provinces outside of Bangkok are the first local polls to take place since the 2014 coup and will be seen by many as a barometer of the mood inside a nation gripped by political unrest and economic downturn.
Big trouble in little Chana
News, Editorial, Published on 16/12/2020
» A quick look at the cabinet resolution on plans for the controversial Chana industrial complex in Songkhla province could lead many to believe that the government pays heed to local concerns and is taking a step back. Unfortunately, the chances are high that this would be an extremely naive, or optimistic, interpretation.
Show some Covid control
News, Editorial, Published on 15/12/2020
» When pictures of the famous Big Mountain music festival on Saturday showing blatant breaches of Covid-19 protocols, were shared on social media, they sparked outrage, with almost all fingers pointing at the organisers.
So many canals of opportunity await
News, Editorial, Published on 13/12/2020
» For a foreigner, Bangkok's extensive network of crisscrossing klong -- canals -- which once bestowed the city with the title "Venice Of The East" is perhaps a forgotten charm. Yet for many Thai communities built along the banks of these waterways, canals remain a way of life.
Agri-pact unlikely to bear fruit for UN
News, Editorial, Published on 22/11/2020
» The newly developed partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the global agrochemical industry should be a cause for great concern. The collaboration shows the industry's tentacles reach deep even into organisations whose job it should be to insist upon rigorous standards and practices within the global food supply chain, both in terms of health and ethics.
Cops bend to royalist mob
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/11/2020
» If the scene of a yellow-clad royalist crowd trying to surround and viciously attack a car they believed was carrying Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the ex-leader of the now-defunct Future Forward Party (FFP), at a hotel in a southern province on Wednesday, made the public concerned about the state of disorderliness in the country, the lack of police action in the case demonstrates something much worse. Indeed, the question now is if Thailand is on the verge of becoming a failed state.
Target the PM2.5 source
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/11/2020
» December is known for being the beginning of the PM2.5 season in Bangkok and several other provinces.
'Kaem ling' still needed
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/10/2020
» Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang will be remembered as someone who has been quite active in implementing flood prevention measures.
Water wastage feeds drought
News, Editorial, Published on 16/08/2020
» Just because there is a lot of rain at the moment, it doesn't mean that the country is out of the woods yet. Despite the intense showers seen all across the country, Thailand still is in the middle of the worst drought that it has seen in over 40 years.
Asean must walk the walk
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/06/2020
» Today, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are set to "meet" at a virtual summit, a format the grouping adopted in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic which has led to enormous challenges but also an opportunity.